On the road again

Woo hoo!! Goin’ to H-Town tomorrow evening for the weekend. It’s gonna be fun. I can’t wait!!!! 😀

Movie Update 1

This is totally my opinions on these movies. If your opinions differ, okay. I can dig that.

http://rcm.amazon.com/e/cm?t=thebigbenfors-20&o=1&p=8&l=as1&asins=B00067BBLY&fc1=000000&IS2=1&lc1=0000ff&bg1=ffffff&bc1=&lt1=_blank&f=ifr
What a wonderful love story that wasn’t about “regular” love. (But what is “regular love? Does anyone know? Anywho…) Cole Porter loved his wife Linda but he was also like the stereotypical “artist” — very excentric. The way they lived their lives together and apart and with others was so…real. I didn’t think it glamourized him as a phenominal composer or gay lifestyles of that era or romanticize the love story that was or wasn’t. I think I’m going to buy it. I really enjoyed it.

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This was a pretty good movie. My friend Cathy and my sister Trish really enjoyed this movie but I found it a bit slow to get into. But I had my mind on other things and my phone kept ringing so maybe it was that. I think I’m going to watch it again. Maybe not right away but I’ll probably add it back to my queue so it’ll get sent back to me again. I think time may have to pass so any feelings I may have towards it can subside. Silly, you say? Probably so. But that’s just me.

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http://rcm.amazon.com/e/cm?t=thebigbenfors-20&o=1&p=8&l=as1&asins=B00068WOH8&fc1=000000&IS2=1&lc1=0000ff&bg1=ffffff&bc1=&lt1=_blank&f=ifr Oh My Goodness!!! This movie is fucking hillarious. Krez & Eric, you guys have to watch this Unrated Extended Edition of the movie. Lots of boobies!!! HA! I’m glad I rented the unrated edition; I don’t think they could make a rated edition this funny. All they went through just for White Castles. I mean, they’re good burgers but damn!!!! I guess it’s a good thing we don’t have White Castles or anything like them here in Texas. What I liked the most about this movie is that it’s not totally stupid funny. It’s clever. Reminded me of Office Space in a way. Good flick. Good laughs!

Okay, so that’s my review. Next movies coming are:
http://rcm.amazon.com/e/cm?t=thebigbenfors-20&o=1&p=8&l=as1&asins=B0002ZDVEU&fc1=000000&IS2=1&lc1=0000ff&bg1=ffffff&bc1=&lt1=_blank&f=ifr http://rcm.amazon.com/e/cm?t=thebigbenfors-20&o=1&p=8&l=as1&asins=B00005JMYC&fc1=000000&lc1=0000ff&bc1=&lt1=_blank&IS2=1&bg1=ffffff&f=ifr -and- http://rcm.amazon.com/e/cm?t=thebigbenfors-20&o=1&p=8&l=as1&asins=B00005JMQW&fc1=000000&IS2=1&lc1=0000ff&bg1=ffffff&bc1=&lt1=_blank&f=ifr

Again, stay tuned…
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Opening the Book of Good!

I’ve just gotta tell ya, band kids are awesome. Here’s what my great group did…

This morning, our band president and vice president and I travelled across town to Bowie HS so we could visit with their band for a bit. As I had posted late last month (year), they lost one of their band members while on their trip to the Fiesta Bowl. It was quite devistating and twice. You see, when you’re on a band trip, you’re kind of out in a timeless zone of sorts. Most time, you’re on such a strict schedule that normal time almost doesn’t count. Since Robert passed away close to the beginning of their trip, they had time to work through some of their grief on the road, with much help from counselors and school administrators that flew in the moment they found out about this situation. Thing is, when they got back to school, they really ended up going through the grief process all over again, this time with all the folks who didn’t get a chance to be there on the trip. So these poor kids really have had to grieve twice over Robert’s death. These kids deserve a lot of credit for their strength.

So, since the Bowie band members were so wonderful in their generosity when they heard of our drum major and her need of an amputation because of the cancer (which she’s doing really well now, btw), our kids decided to raise a bit of money and send it down there. Between the band member, their officers and their boosters, we raised $500 for the Robert Plumlee Memorial Fund!!! What an awesome group of young people. Makes my heart all warm and the future look bright. I love working with them!!! 😀

I now close the book of good for now. I’m sure we’ll open it yet again and soon and often.